This week Charter announced it's raising a chunk of cash for its massive purchase of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Meanwhile, AT&T has agreed to offer super cheap DSL service as part of conditions applied by the FCC to its DirecTV acquisition.

Charter said it intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to partially finance the company's previously announced offer to buy Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks for a combined...

Federal law enforcement officials pressed their concerns about data encryption before Congress Wednesday, telling senators that the right to privacy is not absolute and must be weighed against public-safety interests.